/gen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"

English

Etymology

From / + abbreviation of genuine, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”). Coined by Twitter user Katerina Aston (@galactikaa) in 2020.^[1]

Symbol

/gen

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a genuine manner.
Synonym: /g
- 2024 December 3, Alia Paavola, “Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them”, in Textline‎^[3]:
  Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf
1. (Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding question is genuine, as opposed to rhetorical.^[2]
  Synonym: /genq

References

^ @galactikaa (29 July 2020), Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 May 2021
^ Ezra Marcus (9 December 2020), “Tone Is Hard to Grasp Online. Can Tone Indicators Help?”, in The New York Times‎^[2]

Tone Indicators List

Anagrams

Neg, ENG, neg, Eng., eng, neg., eng., NGE, /neg, NEG

[1] @galactikaa (29 July 2020), Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 May 2021

[2] Ezra Marcus (9 December 2020), “Tone Is Hard to Grasp Online. Can Tone Indicators Help?”, in The New York Times‎^[2]

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